‘Weak’ Parliament failed Ghanaians on Agyapa deal; Amidu, Franklin Cudjoe stopped it – MP
Member of Parliament for the Banda constituency, Ahmed Ibrahim has said, but for the intervention of civil society organizations and the Office of the Special Prosecutor, the controversial Agyapa deal would have been executed.
He said the majority side of parliament used its numbers to push the deal through, much against the consent of the minority and the public, a reason he believes makes the 7th Parliament the weakest in the Fourth Republic.
Speaking to journalists in Parliament, the Banda MP specifically mentioned the former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu and President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe as people who played pivotal roles in stopping the execution of the Agyapa Royalties Agreement which was passed by parliament to mortgage the mineral royalties of the country.
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The Special Prosecutor says the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CGRAJ) understated the amounts in the three accounts of sacked Public Procurement Authority boss.
Martin Amidu while commending the Commission’s work said for some “reason it understated the amounts disclosed by the bank statements from the three banks accounts of Adjenim Boateng Adjei, exhaustively reviewed by the Auditor General.”
In a press statement Monday, he said the monies in Mr Boateng Adjei’s account is more than the ¢14 million stated but rather ¢41 million [if one uses a conversion rate of $ is to ¢5.7].
He arrived at the figure after reviewing the bank statements of Mr Boateng Adjei for the period 01/01/17 – 31/08/19.